The role of carcinoembryonic antigen as an assessment tool for predicting disease severity among patients with colorectal cancer in resource-poor setting of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Abstract:Introduction
the most reliable screening tool for colorectal cancer, colonoscopy, is not readily accessible in resource-deprived settings of KwaZulu-Natal. The aim of this study was to determine whether serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels in patients symptomatic for lower gastrointestinal (GI) pathology correlates with the histological presence and severity of primary colorectal cancer in a large referral centre. Perhaps CEA may have a larger role as a marker for colorectal cancer (CRC) de… Show more
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